Senate passes stopgap funding bill to prevent shutdown ahead of midterms
The Senate voted early Saturday morning to fund the federal government until Dec. 11 with the aim of averting another government shutdown before the midterm election, sending the bill to the House before leaving for a five-week recess. The continuing resolution (CR) passed 90-6 after Republicans spent days haggling over a provision inserted by the White House...
The US Senate has passed a stopgap funding bill to prevent a government shutdown ahead of the midterm elections. The bill, which passed 90-6, will fund the federal government until December 11.
The Senate also passed a separate bill, the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, by a vote of 86-11. This bill aims to increase economic pressure on Russia and Iran, and allows the US President to impose tariffs of up to 100% on goods from countries that continue to buy Russian oil and gas, according to the Times of India and Live Mint.
The stopgap funding bill must now be reconciled with a similar measure passed by the House of Representatives, which includes different provisions, such as preventing the Trump administration from reallocating funding to border security from other programs, as reported by Free Malaysia Today.
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